Combined coal and cinder hoist



Sept. 18,1923. 1,468,606

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" C. P. ROSS COMBINED COAL AND CINDER HOIST Filed June' 26. 1922 3 Shuts-Sheet 5 Jittmwzgyfl Patented Sept. 1 1923, I

- um-mew 1,4esse6 CLYDE P. BOSS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COMBINED COAL ennomnns HOISfI.

Application filed June 2s,

TouZZ whom it may 00mm;

Be it known that I, CLYDE P lloss, a]

citizen of the United States, residin at Chicago, in the county of Cookand otate of Illinois, have inventeda, certain new and useful- Improvement in Combined Coal andCinder Hoists, of which the following is a specification. I I

My invention relates to a process ofsimultaneously or substantially simultaneously coaling engines and removingthe cinders and ashes therefrom and to an apparatus for accomplishing this result.' It is understood that in railroad yards where locomotives are being handled and preparedifor runs, it is desirable as quickly and as simply as possible to remove the cinders :troma loco-- motiveand to supply the locomotives with coal. It is the purpose of the present in vention to simplify this essentialprocess in the care of locomotives Other-objects will appear from time to time in the course oil the specification andclaims. 1 I illustrate my invention more or agraminatically in the following drawings, wherein; i Figure insection; m Figure 2, is an end view of the upper portion of the device shown in Figure 1;and Figure 3, is a plan view. h isany suitable tower structure, herein diagrammatically illustrated, having a foundation A and supporting at its top a-plattormAtQ v v w v. l Mounted on the toweris the chute B which is outwardly inclined atany suitable angle. The upper, tunnelled receiving portion B is supported by a vertical shaft B which rotates in any suitablebearing B mounted for example at the intersection of the bracing I members 3*. It 18 supported atits bottomin any suitable bearing B on the base B The outer end of the chute is supported by a horizontal frame element C, secured .to the sh alft B intermediate its length. it is turther suppo-rtedand braced by the upwardly example by a bevelledgear D acent they inclined element C the bottom of which i secured to the shaft B adj aeent its bottom. Thus the entire chute structure is'thoroughly *reenforcedand is freely rotatable about a vertical axis." The rotationis controlled,"for

bottom of the shaft B in 'mesh with the bevelled pinion D1 which may be rotated by" less di 1, is a side elevation with parts 1922. Serial No. 570,765.

the hand crank l) or by any other suitable control mechanism. V V

; The tower is positioned between two parallel tracks E and E having beneath them resuectively the hoppers E and F which may be of varying size, but for which a single description will sufiice. The hopper gate E? may be controlled by any suitable closure and control mechanism therefor, not herein described. in detail. Underlying the hopper gate is the chamber E which is the innermost portion of the inclined passage E which at the foot of the tower converges upon the similar passage F lnthe bottom oi 'these passages are the tracks E F which converge and are provided with a switch Gr having any suitable control meansG here- :tor. From the point of intersection rises'the inclined single track G which passes through the opening G and is supported at its upper end in any suitable manner on the tower A. I v Adapted to travel on the tracks E F and up" the track G is-the wheeled carriage or bucket H having two pairs of wheels H H on its bottom and a pair of wheels H adjacent the top of one side. The angular relation of the pairs of wheels is such that the lower two. pairs support the bucket when it is travelling on the tracks 15* or F, the

overlying guide 15* preventing vertical motion or. tilting of the bucket; When the bucket passes over the switch the wheels H engage the steeply inclined track G and the angular relation of the wheels H and H is suchthat the bucket travels up the in.- clined track with its topsubstantiallyhorizontal. The axles oi the wheels H are SliOrGl than those oi the wheels Adja cent the top of the track G and lying on each side ofit are a plurality oitrack sections H which lie respectively outside'ol each oi the tracks G and are inclined upwardly in relation thereto. When the carriage reaches the top oi" the track G the extending'airle ends of the wheels H contactiandyri'de up over the inclined broad trackiportions H while the wheels ride out over curved or inclined track section- H, which is acontinuation oi the track Gr and is of the same width. The result is such a tilting'otthe carriage as is shown in Figure i the material being dropped from the carriage and againstthe baiiie plateHand into the tunnel mouth 13 of the chute B.

.ted over a hopper E and a? The carriage returns by gravity to position beneath one or the other or" the hoppers. NV hen filled it is raised by a cable J which is secured to the pivoted yoke J and passes over the sheave J on the tower, being actuated for example by the hoist J which may be driven by any suitable mechanical means. hen the carriage is beneath one of the hoppers the cable J passes over the sheave J which is swivelled and provided with any suitable centering guides J. I

While in the drawings herein I have illustrated the hoist J as on the ground and roughly between the two hoppers, under some circumstances it may be desirable to position the hoisting mechanism at the top of the tower, for example on the platform A I wish my description and drawings to be taken as in a large sense diagrammatic, and

it will be realized that while I have illustrated an operative device, many changes might be made in the size, number, shape, relation and disposition of parts without departing from the spirit of my invention.

The use and operation of my invention are as follows:

Every locomotive must, at frequent intervals, be supplied with coal and be delivered of its ashes or Cinders. I have developed an improved method for performing the two functions together, and I illustrate herein a peculiarly simple and etficient apparatus for handling both coal and cinders. In the track layout illustrated in Figure 8 the track on which the locomotive is placed is parallel with the track on which the coal and cinder cars stand. Forconvenie-nce the tracks may be separated by the space which would normally be taken up by an additional track. In this space is positioned a loading tower on which is placed any suitable means for feeding material over either track. As a convenient mechanism for this purpose I illustrate a pivoted chute which may be swung over either track to deliver coal to the locomotive tender and cinders to the cinder car on the other track. 5 Under each track is positioned a receiving hopper with any suitable gate control. Under each hopper is space for a conveyingfcarriage or bucket and into this space runs a bucket track. The two tracks converge and are p1O-.

vided Jith a switch and a single track continues to the top of the loading tower. Any suitable means may be provided for moving the bucket, but I illustrate a cable and hoist.

In usingthis apparatus a coal caris spotindcr car is spotted adjacent the pivoted hate and on the same track. On the other track the 10- comotive is spotted with its fire box over the hopper I and the tend near the chute. The cinders are dropped i c the cinder hopper and gather there until i the conveying carriage or bucket is positioned therebe neath. They are then released into the bucket and conveyed upwardly to the top of the tower where they are dropped into the chute, which delivers them to the cinder car. Coal is dropped into the other hopper,

the chute being rotated into position'to (ls-- The liver coal to the locomotive tender.

coal hopper may if desired be of such size 7 as to hold the entire car load of coal and the cinder hopper or pocket may be large enough to receive cinders from one or more locomotives. The operator by controlling the switch G directs the bucket under the coal or the cinder hopper and by means of the gear I) and pinion D directs th chut to the proper track. These operations may be performed manually and separately, or a ccntralcontrol system may be used, the details'of which it is not necessary here to describe. r

I claim: 1. An installation for handling materials comprising a plurality of adjacent tracks, a hopper beneath each track, material delivery means adjacent the tracks and means for delivering material therefrom over either track, and a conveyor adapted to convey material from either hopper to the topof said tower, said conveyor comprising a -forked track having a branch underlying each hopper.

2. An installation for handling materials comprising a pair of adjacent tracks, a material receiving hopper adjacent each track, i

a delivery tower positioned between said tracks and means thereon adapted to deliver material over either track, a conveyor bucket, a track therefor, said track being forked and having a section underlying each hopper, means for positioning the bucket beneath either hopper, means for feeding material to it from either hopper, and means for lifting the bucket to the top of the tower and for dumping the material into said delivery means. i

V In a combined coaling and cinder removing installation adapted to coal and to de-cinder locomotives substantially simultaneously, a plurality of adjacent tracks, hoppers underlying each track, material delivery means adjacent said tracks and adaptedto deliver materials over ither track at a substantial distance alo'ngsaid track from. said hoppers, and means for convey ng materials from either. hopper to said materlaldehvery means. L V

: 4.;In a combined coaling and cinder removing installation adapted to coal and to ds-cinder locomotives substantially simultaneously, a plurality of adjacent tracks, hopfpers underlying eachtrack, material delivery means adjacent said tracks and adapted to deliver materials over either track at a substantial distance along said track from hopper, a switch at the junction of said forks, a hoistadapted to ride on said tracks, means for raising said hoist to a level substantially above, said tracks, and means for receiving material delivered by said hoist and for directing it over either track.

5. In a combined coaling and de-cindering plant for locomotives adapted to handle coal and cinder ears simultaneously, a plurality of adjacent tracks, a material-receivinghopper beneath each track, means adapted to deliver material over either track at a point substantially removed along said track from said hopper and conveying means adapted to deliver material from either hopper to said material delivery means.

6. In a combined coaling and cinder removing installation adapted to handle coal and cinder cars substantially simultaneously,

a plurality of adjacent tracks, a hopper beneath each track, a delivery tower interme diate said tracks, means for'deliverying 1113 terial from said deliveiy tower over either track, and means for conveying material from either'hopper to a point adjacent the top of said delivery tower, comprising a forked track having a branch underlying each hopper, and a receptacle adapted to move on saidftrack and means for 'hoisting it along saidtrack.

7. In a combined coallng and'de-cinderlng plant for locomotives, adapted to handle coal' and cinder cars simultaneously, a plurality of adjacent tracks, a receiving hopper posivtioncd beneath each of said tracks, a delivery" means adapted to deliver material over either track at a point positioned at a substantial distance along the tracks from the hoppers, and means for conveylngmaterials from beneath said hoppers along and above said tracks to-said material delivery means.

Signed at Chicago, county of Gook'and State of Illinois, this 22nd day of June, 1922.

CLYDE P Ross. 

